1.2 Convection Currents and the Mantle


Vocabulary


Heat Transfer: The movement of energy from a warm object to a cooler object.
Radiation: The transfer of energy through empty space.
Conduction: Heat transfer by direct contact of particles of matter.
Convection: Heat transfer by the movement of a heated fluid.
Density: Measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance.
Convection Current: A flow that transfers heat within a fluid.

Outline


  • Radiation

  • Conduction

  • Convection

    • Convection in Earth's mantle